So the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What have you done? ’ And the woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’
Colossians 2:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Let no one condemn you by delighting in ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such a person is inflated by empty notions of his unspiritual mind. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let no one defraud you by acting as an umpire and declaring you unworthy and disqualifying you for the prize, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions [he claims] he has seen, vainly puffed up by his sensuous notions and inflated by his unspiritual thoughts and fleshly conceit, American Standard Version (1901) Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, Common English Bible Don’t let anyone who wants to practice harsh self-denial and worship angels rob you of the prize. They go into detail about what they have seen in visions and have become unjustifiably arrogant by their selfish way of thinking. Catholic Public Domain Version Let no one seduce you, preferring base things and a religion of Angels, walking according to what he has not seen, being vainly inflated by the sensations of his flesh, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let no man seduce you, willing in humility, and religion of angels, walking in the things which he hath not seen, in vain puffed up by the sense of his flesh, |
So the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What have you done? ’ And the woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’
You went to the king with oil and multiplied your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away and sent them down even to Sheol.
This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
Instead, he will honour a god of fortresses #– #a god his ancestors did not know #– #with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
For they attacked you with the treachery that they used against you in the Peor incident. They did the same in the case involving their sister Cozbi, daughter of the Midianite leader who was killed the day the plague came at Peor.’
For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised for ever. Amen.
because such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,
because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife , among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?
Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: ‘Nothing beyond what is written.’ The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favouring one person over another.
Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that ‘we all have knowledge’. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to win the prize.
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarrelling, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
Let no one deceive you with empty arguments, for God’s wrath is coming on the disobedient because of these things.
The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children for ever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
Although these have a reputation for wisdom by promoting self-made religion, false humility, and severe treatment of the body, they are not of any value in curbing self-indulgence. ,
I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable.
Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.
They want to be teachers of the law, although they don’t understand what they are saying or what they are insisting on.
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
I have written these things to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
It deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that it is permitted to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered. ,
Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, ‘Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.’
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one takes your crown.